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Earlier this month, MVRHS swimmers traveled to Worcester and Boston for the South Sectional Championships and the D2 State Championships after qualifying for the events in late January and early February. 10 swimmers participated in the South Sectional Championships at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. On Saturday, girls Olympia Hall and Paula Geshke swam in the 100 […]

A number of swimmers from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School team will be competing in the sectional and state tournament after a successful Last Chance Meet held on Martha’s Vineyard this past Friday.  The meet was created to provide swimmers with a final chance to qualify for the upcoming South Sectional Championships, which will […]

In back-to-back meet days, the Vineyard swim team traveled off-Island to swim against Saint John Paul at the Sandwich pool on Friday afternoon.  The girls score was close throughout the meet, but they did end up losing, 70 to 83.  The Vineyard boys team greatly outnumbered the small SJP team, and won 105 to 30.  […]

Aquinnah resident Claus Smith is a sophomore at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS), and is already quite the seasoned potter. Although Smith took pottery in eighth grade, he dove in more deeply as a freshman. “I took ‘Crafts and Sculpture’ class, and that’s when I really got interested,” Smith said. “My older brother, Clyde, […]

It was an exciting day for the Martha’s Vineyard swim team on Saturday, Jan. 6, as they traveled to Sandwich High School for the 18th annual Cape Cod Classic.  Five teams were in attendance aside from the Vineyard: Nauset, Sandwich, Barnstable, Saint John Paul, Nantucket.  “We knew going in the boys would have to swim […]

Submitted Photo M. Jay Hall and leaders from  Mims Kids made sure to have the annual Christmas dinner this year for the children to have a safe but fun evening.  Submitted Photo TIFTON – For the past several years, B.J. Smith, a local restaurant owner, has sponsored and hosted the annual Mims Kids Christmas Dinner. This year, due to the pandemic, an alternative plan had to be developed to ensure the safety of the children. Earlier this month, the Mims Kids Annual Christmas Dinner ...

Iconic Characters Who Deserve Their Own Christmas Movie Tom Jolliffe places some iconic characters into the festive chaos of the Christmas movie… We’re approaching Christmas. You might already be fed up with the never-ending barrage of Christmas songs, the neighbours who have had their lights going since they threw out their pumpkins, and the impending barrage of Christmas movies. Are there too many? Maybe. So of course, what better than to conjure up some imaginary Xmas film scenario’s a...